THE NEW CONSTITUTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 183, 1 August 1908, Page 5

THE NEW CONSTITUTION.

A G-E3TEKAX AMNESTY. . B2ITISE AMBASSADOS C3S2HBD. (Receive.-! S.lO ajn.) NEW YORK, July 31. The Sultan, throusn the Turkish. Con- j ?ul-General at Xe-s- York. ha 3 proclaimed I . in amnesty to political fugitives, regard- , less of race. This affects 200.000 Armenians and . ithers in the United States. COySTASTEN'OPLE, July 31. Tile .garrison at Adrianople demands * the- Sultan's abdication. The Young Turkey party cheered Sir : Gerald Lowther. British Ambassador to ' Turkey at Adrianople and Constanti- ' nople. where his carriage was escorted ' amid cheers and cries of "Long live England. Liberty, and Constitution." A 3LACH HA3TD SA3TD. TO DISCBSBIT THE CONSTTTTT- j now. (Received 9-> a.m.) CON"STANTDJ"OPLE, July 31. Despite the remonstrances of the Press and responsible citizens a thousand or- 1 dinary criminals have been released at ! Constantinople. j It is feared uhis is the result oj Palace intrigue to create a Biack Hand band for fomenting disorders vir.h a view to dis- , crediting the Constitutional regime. I A EISr»TG PI^ANTTED. ABCH-COSSPIEAIOE TrtTKITOWW CONSTANTINOPLE, July 31. j For =evpr:il days there has been a flight from. Constantinople of members of tlv palace camarilla and spies. The 1 populace severely handled some of the latter. ; The Vnn-ng Turkey leader- are endeavouring no avoid violence, but the Armenians are advancing claims which may j 'cause difficulties. LONDON". July 31. | Pouter's Constantinople correspondent reports that a Young Turkey rising was planned for September 1. the anniversary of the Sultan"s accession. However, the m eting of the Czar and President Fallieres and the imminence of the AngioRussian reform proposals precipitated events, and the Constitutional party forestalled the plans. The directing hand of this remarkably successful movement is still invisible and unknown.